Affliction makes British leader delicate (6)
'affliction' is the definition.
(blight is a kind of disease)
'british leader delicate' is the wordplay.
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
'delicate' becomes 'light' ('light' can be similar in meaning to 'delicate').
The first letter of 'british' is 'b'.
'b'+'light'='BLIGHT'
'makes' is the link.
(Other definitions for blight that I've seen before include "Problem of plants or urban development" , "Fungal disease - destructive force" , "Spoil - plant disease" , "Withering disease (in plants)" , "Curse - plague" .)
But I've got no explanation for this one! Could you help me understand?
(Other definitions for alight that I've seen before include "following action of arsonist?" , "in flames" , "Come to rest on the ground" , "Touch down" , "Get down from, bus or plane" .)